Section 8-9-804 - Creation of program - Authorization to enter into charterThe Division of Environmental Quality shall establish the Arkansas Nuclear Recycling Program to:
(1) Secure a federal charter from the United States Government and receive federal funding for the program as outlined in the Acts 2021, No. 1092, report submitted to the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; and(2) Perform research to establish and identify the following for technical and economic feasibility and commercial viability:(A) Recycling spent nuclear fuel;(B) The market value of recycled spent nuclear fuel;(C) Through design documentation, the cost and schedule to build a nuclear recycling facility;(D) Potential sites within the state that meet specific seismic and accessibility criteria meeting federal requirements to establish a port or rail yard and transfer area; and(E) An analysis on acceptable methods of: (i) Shipping the spent nuclear fuel to the selected sites under study;(ii) Returning the shipping containers back to the sender for reuse and reloading;(iii) Interim storage of the spent nuclear fuel;(iv) Interim storage of recycled spent nuclear fuel;(v) Storage of short-term waste by-products; and(vi) Disposal of long-term waste by-products.Added by Act 2023, No. 259,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.